This article delves into Liz Phair's explosive ascent to fame in 1994. After the release of her acclaimed debut album, she became a media sensation, facing intense pressure and navigating the overwhelming world of major label attention.
.” Then it came true. At the beginning of 1993, nobody except a few Chicago scenesters knew who Liz Phair was. At the beginning of 1994, her instant-classic debut album Everyone wanted to know: What was next? Major-label executives crashed the Wicker Park recording studio where Phair, alongside her co-producer and bandmates, was trying to record new songs. The Chicago music scene gossiped, whispered, and argued about Phair’s success.
And there was money for such an escapade because Phair had finally joined a major label—sort of. Atlantic Records had been courting Matador, eager to distribute Pavement, the label’s signature artist. Whencame out, Atlantic suddenly found itself competing for her against every other major. Danny Goldberg, then the president of Atlantic, told the press that his first meeting with Phair had been a disaster: “Everything I said was wrong, and she was using swear words.
“She jumped off the train when the trajectory was going upwards,” Rice said, “and that was a bummer.” “Picture something you’re really, really scared of doing,” Phair told me. “Something you always avoid. Now picture that’s your job.” She elaborated in aWhen I canceled the tour I was a basket case. I was thinking that I was way in over my head and I was the biggest hypocrite of all. I hated what I was doing. I could’ve got a job like I was supposed to after school in a respectable profession. I would have hated my job, but so what.
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